Louis D. Orehek

Louis D. Orehek

Applications Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Manager Software Engineer at Comcast Technology Solutions

  • Education

    • University of South Florida

      1979 - 1984
      Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Engineering

      Emphasis in embedded software and microprocessors

  • Experience

    • GE

      Jan 1984 - Jan 1987
      Applications Engineer

      Add new features to existing simulation software and correct errors and improve performanceWrote maintainable and extensible code in a team environment.Supported products with on-site field installation to meet customer expectations.

    • Raytheon

      Jan 1987 - Jan 1997
      Software Engineer

      Wrote code to implement interfaces between hardware and software in a team environment.Modified existing software to correct errors and greatly improve performanceField supported software in test

    • Kulicke and Soffa

      Jan 1997 - Jan 1998
      Applications Engineer

      Wrote embedded application test software for the Ball Bonder.

    • Noetic Software

      Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
      Software Engineer

      In a team environment ported a command line based moving and storage application to a Windows based application

    • Motorola Mobility

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2005
      Sr. Software Engineer

      Architected, implemented and supported a testing lab network infrastructure, and maintained equipment hardware and software configurations for software development and testing. • Performed on-site installation and operations of software products, consistently meeting rigorous customer requirements.• Developed and tested new feature sets to a growing large-scale client / server application, reducing operating costs and delivering greater functionality• Debugged software problems such as memory overwrites and database stored procedure errors, generating more consistent feature and fewer bug reports. Show less

    • Comcast Technology Solutions

      Aug 2000 - now

      Collaborated with cross-functional development teams, to design and build new Client / server products for CentOS and Android OS. Designed, developed, implemented, tested, and debugged, multi-threaded, multiprocessing software applications and associated user interfaces. Applied Agile methodologies and principals to advance and improve product development and efficiencies in a continuous integration environment.• Developed and deployed an asynchronous communication between services framework for aclient / server feature in a large-scale system.• Spearheaded sandbox development of the Intel SGX prototype execution environment leveraginguse of OpenSSL and created the framework for the module build structure and makefiles.• Designed and implemented a client / server feature to communicate via HTTP with option of TLS, and perform seamless automatic switch over to backup device when communication fails, resulting in fewer phone calls for a lower cost of operation.• Investigated, reproduced, diagnosed, and fixed several long-time nagging thread contention issues resulting in decreasing operating costs of fielded systems.• Worked with team converting business logic contained in triggers, and stored procedures of a large application from Sybase to Postgres, lowering operation costs.• Implemented messaging API for 3rd-party device to add / delete / synchronize information, producing more consistent and dependable transfer of information.• Executed modifications to a dynamically built HTML front-end of an in-house simulator used to generate test messaging traffic for new features, creating fewer bug reports for the feature. Show less

      • Manager, Software Engineering

        Jul 2023 - now
      • Senior Software Engineer

        Dec 2017 - now
      • Senior Software Engineer

        Oct 2019 - Oct 2023
      • Sr. Software Engineer

        Aug 2000 - Nov 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • FRC Team 341 FIRST Robotics Team Coach

      Issued by Wissahickon School District on Jan 2013
      Wissahickon School DistrictAssociated with Louis D. Orehek
    • Assistant Scout Master

      Issued by Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America on Jan 2008
      Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of AmericaAssociated with Louis D. Orehek
    • Councilman-Chairman of Public Utilities

      Issued by Borough of Ambler, Pennsylvania on Jan 2000
      Borough of Ambler, PennsylvaniaAssociated with Louis D. Orehek
    • Cub Scout Cubmaster

      Issued by Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America on Jan 2001
      Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of AmericaAssociated with Louis D. Orehek